Music played at games is obscene

I sent the following letter to the Ouachita Parish School Board over my outrage over West Monroe High School's playing of obscene music at its sporting events.

It is a shame we cannot pray or mention God or His Son, but we can play music that is offensive, rude and degrading to our society at track meets and at baseball games. As a taxpayer of Ouachita Parish, I demand a higher sense of responsibility from our teachers at the public schools.

This may be fine with the ungodly of Washington and of "the global community," but it is not acceptable here in Louisiana. I call on all in our community to stop taking this profane disturbing music being played in public locations in the earshot of our children. As a father, I will not stand for it in the presence of my young children who range from 1 to 14 years of age.

My letter to them reads as follows:

I attended the baseball game between West Monroe Rebels and Pineville High School Rebels. I live here in Ouachita Parish and I feel the need to opine and relay my disgust of what I heard playing over the loudspeakers at the ball game. During breaks in the action and between innings, West Monroe would play music (or what is confused as music by many today). In the music were curse words and lyrics talking of getting drunk and high on drugs.

Is this not a public school? Are our tax dollars funding this filth? In the press box there was sitting coach Don Shows. Shows has on many occasions professed to be a Christian and would have been a preacher if not a coach and was not batting an eye to the group Seether singing and talking of "kiss my ass cause I paid my rent," or Kid Rock singing about "smoking funny things" and "drinking from the bottle."

The announcer, who attends a local church and regularly sings in their small choir, was obviously undisturbed by the profane language being spoken by the rappers of the songs being played.

This disturbance of the peace by playing obscene, foul and inappropriate language is inexcusable. I understand that it may be the par for West Monroe High School as the players on the field displayed poor sportsmanship and seemed to enjoy such filthy music. If I am ever at another event where such inappropriate language is being played publicly again in the presence of children and minors of all ages, I will pursue legal charges and civil charges for such action. I was ashamed for our community as the visiting team had to endure such offensive language.

Robby Woodward

Eros

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Music played at games is obscene

I sent the following letter to the Ouachita Parish School Board over my outrage over West Monroe High School's playing of obscene music at its sporting events.It is a shame we cannot pray or mention